Detachable retainer for neckties.



H. E. HESS. DETAGHABLE RETAINER FOR NECKTIES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1911.

1,007,950. Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

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HENRY E. HESS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DETACI-IABLE RETAINER FOR NECKTIES.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, HENRY E. HEss, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at 235 \Vest Seventy-fifth street, New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Detachable Retainers for Neckties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for retaining a necktie in proper position with respect to the collar of the wearer, and is intended to provide a simple and practical retainer of this character which may be readily applied to or detached from the clothing of the user and which, in use, will effectively prevent the necktie from rising from its intended position without interfering in any way with the attachment or formation of the tie or bow and without being visible itself.

My retainer as preferably constructed and used is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a front elevation showing the mode of use of the retainer at the front of the collar; Fig. 2 shows the retainer detached; F ig. 3 shows the retainer when first applied to the collar button; and Fig. 4 is a sectional view.

My retainer consists essentially of two connected loops, one of which is adapted to detachably engage the shank of a collar button while the other is adapted to have the necktie passed through it and to be turned up on the outer side of the collar, with the intermediate or connecting portion of the retainer passing under the lower edge of the collar, so that the outer loop and the tie which it embraces will be held down in proper position.

In its preferred form my retainer is made of a soft flexible material, such as lawn, for example, and has substantially the form of a flat strip formed from a doubled piece of the fabric, the folds being stitched together in such manner as to provide a loop 2 at one end of the strip and a tab 3 at its other end, this tab having a buttonhole 4: formed in it and extending through the same at right angles to the plane of the loop 2. Such a retainer is particularly useful for prevent ing a lawn tie from rising upward on a straight-front collar, especially in front where the bow is formed, and is utilized for this purpose by first passing the buttonhole 4 over the head of the collar button (shown Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 3, 1911.

Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

Serial No. 624,698.

at 5), with the loop 2 extending downward from the collar button, then buttoning the ends 6 of the collar 7 in place, then passing the ends of the necktie 8 through the loop 2 so that the necktie crosses over itself within the loop, and then tying the bow in the usual manner. lVhen the necktie is drawn taut in the act of tying, the flexible and yielding character of the material causes the loop 2 to rise from its pendant position and to become gathered in and compressed with in the bow itself, and the latter is prevented from rising or shifting sidewise by the engagement of the retainer with the lower edge of the collar where the retainer passes under it. Thus the appearance of the bow is not altered and the loop which holds it on center is perfectly concealed by the bow. The retainer may also be used to prevent the tie from rising at the back of the neck of the wearer by passing the buttonhole a over the collar button in the back of the neckband and then passing the tie itself through the upturned loop 2. Whenever a form of collar or necktie is used which does not require the use of the retainer the latter may be readily detached.

It will be evident that the retainer may be made of various materials other than woven fabric, such as thin rubber, for example, and that the loop 2 and the tab 3 need not necessarily be made from the same material or have the same degree of flexibility.

I claim as my invention 1. A detachable necktie retainer comprising two loops adapted to receive a collar button and a necktie respectively, and flexibly connected to permit the retainer to be passed under the lower edge of the collar and bent upward to bring the tie-receiving loop on the outside of the same in front of the collar button.

2. A detachable necktie retainer made from a soft, flexible material and comprising a tie-receiving loop and a tab extending from one end thereof and having a buttonhole passing through it.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 28th day of April, 1911.

HENRY E. HESS.

l/Vitnesses GRACE KENDALL HEss, MARIE HANSEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

